Salvadoran presidential election, 1984

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A presidential election was held in El Salvador on 25 March 1984. The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with a vice-president, for a five-year term. José Napoleón Duarte of the Christian Democratic Party won the most votes, but failed to gain a constitutionally mandated absolute majority. Duarte won the run-off election held on 6 May.

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Summary of the 25 March 1984 and 6 May Salvadoran presidential **election results**
Candidate, Party	Votes 1st round	%	Votes 2nd round	%
José Napoleón Duarte, Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	549,727	43.41	752,625	53.59
Roberto D'Aubuisson, Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista)	376,917	29.77	651,741	46.41
José Francisco Guerrero, Party of National Conciliation (Partido de Conciliación Nacional)	244,556	19.31	-	-
René Fortin Magaña, Democratic Action (Acción Democrática)	43,939	3.47	-	-
Francisco Quiñones Avila, Popular Salvadoran Party (Partido Popular Salvadoreño)	24,395	1.92	-	-
Roberto Escobar García, Salvadoran Authentic Institutional Party (Partido Auténtico Institucional Salvadoreño)	15,430	1.22	-	-
Juan Ramón Rosales, Stable Republican Centrist Movement (Movimiento Estable Republicano Centrista)	6,645	0.52	-	-
Gilberto Trujillo, Popular Orientation Party (Partido de Orientación Popular)	4,677	0.37	-	-
Total	1,266,286	100.0	1,404,366	100.0